Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "UN Special is the monthly magazine of international civil servants working in the United Nations system in Geneva, mainly from the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Similarly to Ex Tempore, the literary magazine of the United Nations Society of Writers, the UN Special magazine functions on a voluntary basis, representing the joint efforts of staff of the United Nations, the World Health Organisations, and other international organizations and agencies based in Genevainternational organizations and agencies based in Geneva (Switzerland), who collaborate in the magazine in their free time, beyond their formal duties. It is a non-profit, non-commercial magazine. Although the magazine is not a professional media and is not accredited in the Swiss Club de la Presse, it closely cooperated with the Club suisse de la presse (Swiss Press Club) and was recognized by the official media as an outstanding collective volantary example of non-professional journalism. On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, UN Special magazine was nominated for a UN Secretary-General Awards, and selected as shortlist candidate in the category: Staff Volunteerism.Its first issue appeared in October 1949. Since then, for almost 66 years it has published 11 issues per year, on average 50 pages, and embodied both the United Nations’ cooperation between people of all backgrounds and its capacity to adjust to changing circumstances. The magazine has not lost sight of its overall objective: being for and about the United Nations and its international civil servants.A key contribution of a magazine such as UN Special is that it opens windows to international organizations, diplomatic missions, academia and various other entities in order to promote mutual understanding and foster synergy in the work covered by their respective mandates.Thus, UN Special offers dialogue and reflection to renew a spirit of cooperation and humanitarianism, not only for international Geneva, but also worldwide."@en }
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- UN_Special_(magazine) abstract "UN Special is the monthly magazine of international civil servants working in the United Nations system in Geneva, mainly from the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Similarly to Ex Tempore, the literary magazine of the United Nations Society of Writers, the UN Special magazine functions on a voluntary basis, representing the joint efforts of staff of the United Nations, the World Health Organisations, and other international organizations and agencies based in Genevainternational organizations and agencies based in Geneva (Switzerland), who collaborate in the magazine in their free time, beyond their formal duties. It is a non-profit, non-commercial magazine. Although the magazine is not a professional media and is not accredited in the Swiss Club de la Presse, it closely cooperated with the Club suisse de la presse (Swiss Press Club) and was recognized by the official media as an outstanding collective volantary example of non-professional journalism. On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, UN Special magazine was nominated for a UN Secretary-General Awards, and selected as shortlist candidate in the category: Staff Volunteerism.Its first issue appeared in October 1949. Since then, for almost 66 years it has published 11 issues per year, on average 50 pages, and embodied both the United Nations’ cooperation between people of all backgrounds and its capacity to adjust to changing circumstances. The magazine has not lost sight of its overall objective: being for and about the United Nations and its international civil servants.A key contribution of a magazine such as UN Special is that it opens windows to international organizations, diplomatic missions, academia and various other entities in order to promote mutual understanding and foster synergy in the work covered by their respective mandates.Thus, UN Special offers dialogue and reflection to renew a spirit of cooperation and humanitarianism, not only for international Geneva, but also worldwide.".
- Q3547284 abstract "UN Special is the monthly magazine of international civil servants working in the United Nations system in Geneva, mainly from the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Similarly to Ex Tempore, the literary magazine of the United Nations Society of Writers, the UN Special magazine functions on a voluntary basis, representing the joint efforts of staff of the United Nations, the World Health Organisations, and other international organizations and agencies based in Genevainternational organizations and agencies based in Geneva (Switzerland), who collaborate in the magazine in their free time, beyond their formal duties. It is a non-profit, non-commercial magazine. Although the magazine is not a professional media and is not accredited in the Swiss Club de la Presse, it closely cooperated with the Club suisse de la presse (Swiss Press Club) and was recognized by the official media as an outstanding collective volantary example of non-professional journalism. On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, UN Special magazine was nominated for a UN Secretary-General Awards, and selected as shortlist candidate in the category: Staff Volunteerism.Its first issue appeared in October 1949. Since then, for almost 66 years it has published 11 issues per year, on average 50 pages, and embodied both the United Nations’ cooperation between people of all backgrounds and its capacity to adjust to changing circumstances. The magazine has not lost sight of its overall objective: being for and about the United Nations and its international civil servants.A key contribution of a magazine such as UN Special is that it opens windows to international organizations, diplomatic missions, academia and various other entities in order to promote mutual understanding and foster synergy in the work covered by their respective mandates.Thus, UN Special offers dialogue and reflection to renew a spirit of cooperation and humanitarianism, not only for international Geneva, but also worldwide.".